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''. Many of the songs on ''Naught'' hit close to home for many of the members of Stolen Babies, and is a representation of their experiences at that time. The album was released on September 18, 2012, in digital download format and on October 16, 2012, in CD format through ''No Comment Records''. On September 17, 2012, the album was made available for streaming on

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and ''Shockya.com''. ''Naught'' was voted No. 1 in Revolver's "Album of the Week" readers poll on October 22, 2012 and No. 7 in

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Track listing

''Naught'' album track listing adapted from

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Personnel

''Naught'' album personnel adapted from the CD liner notes and

. Stolen Babies *Dominique Lenore Persi – lead vocals, accordion, piano (track 7), keyboards (11) *Rani Sharone – bass, guitars, vocals, upright bass (tracks 7, 13), mandolin (8), banjo (8, 13),

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(8), programming, percussion *Gil Sharone – drums, percussion *Ben Rico – keyboards, percussion, vocals ''Additional musicians'' *Michael Iago Mellender – additional background vocals (tracks 4, 7, 11) trumpet (8) guitar & keyboards (7, 11) toy piano & typewriter banjo (7) *Darling Freakhead – additional background vocals & guitar (track 11) * Meredith Yayanos – violin (track 4) *Brian Walsh – clarinet (tracks 4,8) bass clarinet (8) *Patrick Surace –

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*Marz Richards -background vocals ''Production'' *

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– production, mixing,

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*Raider – mixing and recording assistant * Stolen Babies – production (tracks 4, 7, 11, 13) *Michael Iago Mellender – production (tracks 7, 11) *Kevin Majorino – mixing, engineer, mastering at AMP Studios

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2012 albums Stolen Babies albums Albums produced by Ulrich Wild